The vice president of, used his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to criticize Europe so he said it was the censorship of freedom of expression and said the continent faces an “internal threat.”
At various parts of his speech, Vance minimized the risk of political interference by, by adopting a similar stance to the US President, who was reached against the allegations of the intelligence agencies that Russia would have interfered in the 2016 presidential election .
“For years, we have been informed that everything we have financed and supported is in the name of our shared democratic values, everything, from our policy to Ukraine to digital censorship, is announced as a defense of democracy,” Vance told the audience.
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“But when we see European courts canceling elections and authorities threatening to cancel others, we should ask ourselves if we are keeping in a properly high standard,” he said.
The future of Ukraine is at the top of the agenda in Munich after one, this week, when they pledged to work together to end the conflict, but Vance did not touch the subject.
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Instead, Vance accused Brussels of restricting social networks because of odious content, attacked Germany for what he described as attacks against his own citizens for posting antipheminist comments, criticized Sweden for condemning a Christian activist and criticized the United Kingdom for backward in relation to religious rights.
“Throughout Europe, I fear that freedom of expression is backwards,” said Vance, while criticizing former President Joe Biden’s government for censorship of social media companies.
